Dr. Saona Seth
Assistant Professor (December, 2019 − present)
Department of Applied Sciences, Tezpur University
Assam, India-784028
email: saonas@tezu.ac.in; saonas@tezu.ernet.in, snseth09@gmail.com
Contact: (+91)371227-3500 (office)
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Department of Applied Sciences, Tezpur University
Professional Experiences
Postdoctoral Fellow (January, 2019 − December, 2019)
Department of Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA,
PI: Prof. M. G. Finn
Postdoctoral Fellow (July, 2015 – December, 2018)
Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
PI: Prof. Adam J. Matzger
Education
2010 – 2015: Ph. D. (Chemistry) Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2008 – 2010: M. Sc. (Chemistry) Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2005 – 2008: B. Sc. (Chemistry Hons., Physics & Mathematics) Presidency College, University of Calcutta, India
Awards and Fellowships
2019: Postdoctoral Fellowship at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
2015-2018: Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
2014: Best Poster Award in 3rd Crystal Engineering Gordon Research Conference
2014: Received DST Travel Grant for 3rd Crystal Engineering Gordon Research Conference, USA
2010-2015: Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Fellowship (SPM JRF & SRF) for doctoral research from CSIR, India
Teaching
Supramolecular Chemistry (AC701; open elective for Ph.D students)
Chemistry of Porous Materials (AC702; departmental elective for Ph.D students)
Chemistry CH103 (theory and lab course for B.Tech. program)
Chemistry CH101 (theory and lab course for B.Tech. program)
Additional Professional Activities
Warden, Jiri Women Hostel, TU 2022-2025
Member of Committee for the Induction Program of B.Tech Students, TU
Member of B.Tech Screening and Selection Committee, TU for academic year 2020-21
Member of the Examination Committee in School of Engineering, TU in spring semester, 2020
Invited Lectures
“Nitrogen rich Porous Solid Adsorbent for CO2 Capture” (January 17-18, 2025), in the workshop, on "Processability and Applications of Reticular Advanced Materials (PARAM-2025), School of Chemical Sciences, NISER Bhubaneswar, India.
“Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR): An Essential Analytical Tool” in the training program on Analytical Approaches for Characterization of Food and Biomaterials (Feb 24- March 03, 2023), Department of Food Engineering and Technology, Tezpur University, India.
“Towards Development of Tailored Energetic Materials Based on Coordination Polymers” in Materials-2022 (April 18-20, 2022), virtual meeting.
“Towards Development of Tailored Energetic Materials Based on Coordination Polymers” in 1st International Conference on Emerging Porous Materials (ePorMat-2021) (July 29-30, 2021), virtual meeting.
“Developing Metal-organic Frameworks for Applications in Hydrogen Storage and Carbon Capture” in 2nd International Conference on Crystal Engineering: from Molecule to Crystal (June 19-20, 2020), virtual meeting.
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